Power Reading : Reading and Thinking Strategies for Adults

Power Reading is a three-book series that helps adult learners build strong reading comprehension skills. Based on sound learning principals, Power Reading provides high-interest passages with relevant discussion questions and practice sessions. The continuous, adult-oriented narratives keep adults actively engaged by presenting interesting characters solving problems in daily life and in the workplace. Each book in the series also covers major Casas competencies, with an emphasis on the importance of integrating Scans into the classroom.The final lesson integrates reading and writing skills as students are asked to read a story and complete it themselves.Strategies Presented Include: -- Finding details.-- Making inferences.-- Understanding cause and effect relationships.-- Distinguishing fact from opinion.-- Recognizing analogies.-- Writing creatively.Rubin, Dorothy is the author of 'Power Reading : Reading and Thinking Strategies for Adults' with ISBN 9780134328324 and ISBN 0134328329.